Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-03-09

were very rrcc ana pecu'1ar m those Gays.
be jury heard Tens story. end they ne.
C.ccd that both men had bad far show
on IN equal footing" anu Therefore IL
wcsE't murder.
Tom was set free lie tried 10 push his
su.t fr jpuc's bend in marriage, but it
Nrs al IN vain. Whether she had ever
loved hin or Eoi. Jane shrank from the
thought II tc"C Eing Tnurdcrer's wife
Tom shortly afle.NRsrd sold his ranch
AMI left for other parts. ard Jane Collier.
sp.nsicr, lives with her old father aud
hops him guard his docks TO this day. She
j. stil unmarried. bet these who know
her beat believe that II be hid not been
ti'lci she would some time have married
jim H.gziui.
"S;rl1@cr," nske the stacc-drivcr, after
a. Lad finished ms narrative, did you
ever XII mani"
no" l replied with emphasis, 81 never
DID,
We'll. 7 hone Won mover VIII. and that
You viii never have upon your conscience
any wrong OF any sort that you have CON-
mi;tcd ggdinlt y fellow man. II is q ter
ciHlc thing There's no peace of mini
after thIt--it is he'll "a long as you live,
drd probably u will bc hell forever after"
The mau SHOOK like a leaf in the wind,
and nis voice waB thick and tremulous.
His Ian Is shoe. 81 that feared ~ would
lose control of his lines a nd that the dash
ing s;ceds would get Tho better OF him
aud rush down the ste p mountain side to
20 tructi0n and death
"Whut's TIC matter. d-ivcrl" / asked.
taking hold Of kis arm; "arc you not
welii'
cts Only ore Of my SPELLS" he said;
'they CONS on Ine once ir a g-c7s while"
We drove on for brief time in silcnca
rho driver WAS evidently making an Her
rulca1 effort 10 control his nerves and lis
viii lie ccelcd, ana 50 on rcgaucd "a
steady hand AMI voice
stronger, excuse ny foo'iahacfs,' r.
said. looking mo full in tho face; "it'a
over now, aa5 I'm myself ayriu." Ane
thcn, bonI.ng his head c;osa % my ear, he
whispered, Il am Tom DasA,cr. and, Gcd
forgive ne, IL WIS hat shot J m Higgins
lead on that awful morning Iwoula give
a thousand great worlds, a thousand Of
my lives, IL ! hal them TO give, If could
cal Jiu bac.. 70 !.fc. Oh. IL was terrible
mis'a.so Streng1-, II YOU live 20 DO as
cd as M,.hIsslrh, never Kill n man. never
wroTg any man; and, stranger, whatever
else you III, never get crazy over any girl
or woman, for you know not what Yea
u,2ht do on hs- account"
And So exclaimed in aStouishmcut.
"you were one Of those two shepherds you
told ne Of, and Il was your rilo-ball that
pcne' raced jim Higgins Heart."
Even so. stranger he said, sadly:
"thonFh God knows ] wish l hal never
besn born. have never had an hour CT
peace or comfort s'nce-nct one hour"
When we reached C!ar!t's station, TIE
neSt stopping placo on orr way 20 the
Yosemite, ~ was dark, and we remained
there for the nigit Next morning. we had
new driver. aud ASKED tho landlord a;
tie tavern whore Tom vas.
"lIe H. sick abel, Tom is the lard
lord replied; 'hc has ore OF hs GwiGl
sre,ls-hc Is a-s ling, ami a-moanins aud
praying 80 &C.. %l, tie t'ne. Poor fell
low, I wouldn't bc II LIS LoJ;s for tiny
ching"
Gu lis return trip, n few Gays late-,
asEcd the landlord a. Clark's abolt Tom.
at was ia last s9el," was the reply.
"He died two days ego, and the fellows
down ut Fresno Flats came Up and took
his body and tU-.oi il IN the grave yard
there, where Jim Higgins US buried nigh
onto twenty years AGO. Jane Collier was
at the funeral, and fter IL vHls all over in
the night timc, by the brigh; moonlight,
she was seen to plant flowers on the graves
ot hose TWO dead mcu."